Pennsylvania senator (aka battleground state senator), Arlen Specter, has officially registered democrat facing the "right wing conservatism" that the Republican party has become. Should we as Republicans be upset, defeated, or defensive about this decision?
I have to vote that the decision is his choice. This news is not shocking due to his years of liberal leaning, but I will not infringe on anyone else's right to choose how a person believes... especially when his voting record has proven him to be democratic in the first place.
I am, however, a bit disappointed with President Obama's response to Specter's decision, basically welcoming him to the Democratic side. Specter's decision was finalized when Obama promised to support him in 2012. While Barack Obama is a democrat, he is also the president. ONE nation. ONE people. While I recognize that he has his own right to take a particular stance on issues, he is acting in the favor of the entire nation. President Obama has verbalized his desire to bring together party lines, but his actions are not matching up with his message.
True, the Republicans are down one more member of the team, but it shouldn't make our fight weaken, or our message get quieter.
Maybe we just have to determine what that message is.
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